| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2861 Price realized: 460 CHF (Approx. 522 USD / 483 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS. Christian Arabic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 2.93 g, 10 h), ʿAkka (Acre), AD 1251. Within a square, 'Allāh wāḥid huwa / al-īmān wāḥid / al-maʿmūdiyya wāḥida' ('God is one, the faith is one, the baptism is one' in Arabic; cf. Ephesians 4:5); a cross in the center; in the margin, 'ḍuriba bi ʿAkkā / sana alf wa miʾatayn / aḥad wa khamsīn / li-tajassud al-masīḥ' ('Struck in ʿAkka in the year 1251 of the incarnation of the Messiah' in Arabic). Rev. Within a square, 'al-ab wa al-ibn / wa al-rūḥ al-qudus / ilāh wāḥid' ('The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: One Divinity' in Arabic); in the margin, 'lahū al-majd / ilā abad / al-abadīn / āmīn āmīn' ('His is the glory forever and ever, amen, amen' in Arabic). Balog & Yvon 47 (variant). Very rare. Minor doubling, otherwise, extremely fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2860 Price realized: 160 CHF (Approx. 182 USD / 168 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS. Christian Arabic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 28 mm, 2.78 g, 4 h), ʿAkka (Acre), AD 1251. Within a square, 'Allāh wāḥid huwa / al-īmān wāḥid / al-maʿmūdiyya wāḥida' ('God is one, the faith is one, the baptism is one' in Arabic; cf. Ephesians 4:5); a cross in the center; in the margin, 'ḍuriba bi ʿAkkā / [sana alf wa] miʾatayn / aḥad wa khamsīn / li-tajassud al-masīḥ' ('Struck in ʿAkka in the year 1251 of the incarnation of the Messiah' in Arabic). Rev. Within a square, 'al-ab wa al-ibn / wa al-rūḥ al-qudus / ilāh wāḥid' ('The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: One Divinity' in Arabic); in the margin, 'lahū al-majd / ilā abad / al-abadīn / āmīn āmīn' ('His is the glory forever and ever, amen, amen' in Arabic). Balog & Yvon 47 (variant). Very rare. Some deposits and flan cracks, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5648 Price realized: 550 CHF (Approx. 625 USD / 581 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS. Christian Arabic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 2.78 g, 6 h), Akka (Acre), 1251. Cross pattée in center; in fields, 'one God, one faith, one baptism'; in outer margin, 'struck in Acre in the year one thousand two hundred, one and fifty, of the Incarnation [of the Messiah]' (all in Arabic). Rev. 'The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One Divinity' within square; in outer margin, 'His is the glory, forever and ever, amen, amen' (all in Arabic). Bates/Metcalf 55. CCS 15. Metcalf, Crusades, 227. Wäckerlin 227ff. Very fine. This short-lived issue of dirhams bearing a cross and Christian legends in Arabic was introduced in 1251 as a reaction to an intervention by Odo of Chateauroux, Cardinal-Bishop of Tusculum (1244-1273) and Papal legate on the Seventh Crusade, who disapproved of the longstanding practice in the Kingdom of Jerusalem of imitating Ayyubid dirhams with their Muslim inscriptions and datings. Due to the lack of acceptance of the new Christian coins by the Muslim population in the Levant, the issue was replaced soon thereafter by dirhams bearing no cross and a vaguer legend reading 'in the name of God the merciful, the compassionate'. This common monotheistic formula was in accordance with a decision by Pope Innocent IV (1243-1254), who in 1253 permanently forbade the naming of and dating after Mohammad on Christian coins. It was also vague enough, however, to neither offend the Muslim nor the Christian population of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5647 Price realized: 510 CHF (Approx. 580 USD / 538 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS. Christian Arabic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 23 mm, 2.66 g, 3 h), Akka (Acre), 1251. Cross pattée in center; in fields, 'one God, one faith, one baptism'; in outer margin, 'struck in Acre in the year one thousand two hundred, one and fifty, of the Incarnation [of the Messiah]' (all in Arabic). Rev. 'The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One Divinity' within square; in outer margin, 'His is the glory, forever and ever, amen, amen' (all in Arabic). Bates/Metcalf 55. CCS 15. Metcalf, Crusades, 227. Wäckerlin 227ff. A very attractive example. Some areas of weakness and with a few light deposits, otherwise, good extremely fine. This short-lived issue of dirhams bearing a cross and Christian legends in Arabic was introduced in 1251 as a reaction to an intervention by Odo of Chateauroux, Cardinal-Bishop of Tusculum (1244-1273) and Papal legate on the Seventh Crusade, who disapproved of the longstanding practice in the Kingdom of Jerusalem of imitating Ayyubid dirhams with their Muslim inscriptions and datings. Due to the lack of acceptance of the new Christian coins by the Muslim population in the Levant, the issue was replaced soon thereafter by dirhams bearing no cross and a vaguer legend reading 'in the name of God the merciful, the compassionate'. This common monotheistic formula was in accordance with a decision by Pope Innocent IV (1243-1254), who in 1253 permanently forbade the naming of and dating after Mohammad on Christian coins. It was also vague enough, however, to neither offend the Muslim nor the Christian population of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3164 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Kamil I Muhammad, AH 615-635 / AD 1218-1238. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 2.86 g, 10 h), Dimashq (Damascus), AH 6xx. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustansir billah (AH 623-640 / AD 1226-1242) within a square, 'al-imām al-Mustanṣir / billāh Abū Jaʿfar / al-Manṣūr amīr al-muʾminīn' ('Imam al-Mustansir billah Abu Jaʿfar al-Mansur, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); traces of the Kalima in the margin. Rev. Within a square, 'al-malik al-Kāmil / Nāṣir al-Dunyā wa a/l-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr' ('King al-Kāmil Nasir al-Dunya wa al-Din Muhammad son of Abu Bakr' in Arabic); mint and date formula in the margin. Album 812.3. Areas of weakness and with minor cracks and scratches, otherwise, good very fine. From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6242 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur, AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 1.48 g, 10 h), type G, Luʾluʾ, date illegible. The Kalima surrounded by the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs in a plain octafoil. Rev. 'ḍarb / al-sulṭān ibn al-sulṭān / Abū Saʿīd Bahādur Khān / khallada Allāh Mulkahū / Luʾluʾ' ('Sultan, son of Sultan, Abū Saʿīd Bahadur Khan. May Allah perpetuate his kingdom. Struck at Luʾluʾ' in Arabic) in an octagon; marginal date formula illegible. Album 2215. Diler Ab-535. A rare mint. Areas of weakness and with minor edge chipping, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 6453. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
